Socrates, great philosopher.

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 Socrates was a Greek philosopher from Athens who is credited as a founder of Western philosophy and the first moral philosopher of the ethical tradition of thought. 

Socrates of Athens (l. c. 470/469-399 BCE) is among the most famous figures in world history for his contributions to the development of ancient Greek philosophy which provided the foundation for all of Western Philosophy. He is, in fact, known as the "Father of Western Philosophy" for this reason.

Philosophy. Socrates believed that philosophy should achieve practical results for the greater well-being of society. He attempted to establish an ethical system based on human reason rather than theological doctrine. Socrates pointed out that human choice was motivated by the desire for happiness.

Top 10 intriguing facts about Socrates

✅He was of middle economic status. ... 

✅He made money from teaching. ... 

✅No belief in religion. ... 

✅He died by hemlock poisoning. ... 

✅He did not leave any recorded teachings behind. ... 

✅Famous teacher. ... 

✅Know thyself.

Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher, one of the three greatest figures of the ancient period of Western philosophy (the others were Plato and Aristotle), who lived in Athens in the 5th century BCE. ... He was the first Greek philosopher to seriously explore questions of ethics.

As the father of western logic, Aristotle was the first to develop a formal system for reasoning.

Socrates is a fictional character in a fictional work written by a poet posing as a philosopher. Socrates is as much a real person as Jesus or Santa Claus.

No heaven and hell (in the Medieval sense) in Ancient Greece. See Greek underworld for the original Greek idea of afterlife. No reason to assert that Socrates believed in reincarnation.

Death, Socrates explains, is the separation of the soul from the body. ... Therefore, death should only be seen as a help to philosophers, giving them even greater separation between soul and body.

The death of Socrates opened a glorious leaf of Western philosophy, of which he is both a saint and a martyr. that completely changed Plato's life and forever altered the course of Western thought. ... So, the death of Socrates did result in the political turn of philosophy, the birth of classical political philosophy.

Socrates preferred exile to death. Socrates thought that the primary occupation of a good citizen should be the pursuit of wealth and prestige. According to Socrates, we should always consider in doing anything whether we are doing right or wrong. An argument is not synonymous with persuasion.

And contrary to the opinion of the masses, one's true self, according to Socrates, is not to be identified with what we own, with our social status, our reputation, or even with our body. Instead, Socrates famously maintained that our true self is our soul.

Thales. The earliest person who is cited by ancient sources as a philosopher is Thales, who lived in the city of Miletus in Asia Minor around the late 7th or early 6th century BCE.